as a Last Name
- 8,155
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ives
Meaning & Origins
English (Norman) and French: from the Old French personal name Ive (modern French Yves), which is of Germanic origin, being a short form of various compound names containing the element iv-, īwa ‘yew’. The final -s is the mark of the Old French nominative case.
| 3,777th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,155
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Ives per capita
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